Employees from Windermere Real Estate donated their time June 21 to participate in a number of community service projects around the Northwest as part of their annual “Community Service Day.” Nearly 50 employees based at the main Bellevue office gathered at the Evergreen Court, an affordable retirement and assisted living facility in Bellevue, to spruce up existing garden beds, clean and repair windows and paint the interior of the building, among other things. The tradition started in 1984 when a handful of Windermere owners and agents came together to make repairs at a Seattle-area elementary school. The company has since donated more than 800,000 hours of community service hours. “The community gives us so much,” said Marie Bolster, a Managing Broker with Windermere. “One day a year, we get to give back.” Evergreen Court is located at 124th Avenue Northeast and Northeast Eighth Street.

Keegan Prosser, Bellevue Reporter